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The souvenir bells came in different sizes and containers. On the left, a
larger bell in its own presentation case. On the right, an ensemble of two dozen tiny bells
and six coins in another of H.S. Everhart & Company's plush jewelry boxes. On one side of the
coins is a phoenix and flames, surrounded by the words, "Made from Chicago Court
House Bell/Semper Resurgens." On the other side is a woman riding a phoenix above
burning buildings, with an inscription linking the fire and Chicago's first legendary
disaster, the Fort Dearborn massacre of 1812.
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